How well would a Gay boxer do?

[Trainer Monkey]

Ah Trainer you really livinig in your own world, you think Evander Holyfiel could announce he was gay and the world wouldn't talk about it?

I agree that Laila Ali announcing she was a lesbian would certainly get into the media but this has nothing to do with the fact that she's a boxer but rather everything to do with who her dad was.

And even with Laila Ali, you are completely, utterly and hopelessly cluelessly wrong if you think Laila announcing herself a lesbian would gain more press attention that Holyfield announcing he is gay.

Actually you are,nobody cares about Holyfield anymore,they havent for years now.
It'll play on boxing boards,but it would barely be a hiccup on a mainstream news board like Yahoo

I see Fenster is on this thread, at least he'll speak some sense here.

Since when did Holyfield cease to be irrelevent as a huge global figure of sport? True most people don't care about his continued boxing career as he's far past his prime but he's still a bona fide A+ celebrity virtually the whole world over.

You really think if he, a boxing legend, a devout Christian, a man with more kids than even Katfights announced he was gay that it wouldn't even make the main page of news on yahoo?

If it is was anyone else on the board who said this I'd be in disbelief, but of course from you such a position is to be expected

It would show up,but it would be gone the next day,really Holyfields own fault,he cant seem to wait to find another way to tarnish his own legend,but it would be exactly the same with Ali,it would show up for the day of the announcement,and be gone the next day.